Eagleton is nation's most overbuilt courthouse

Auditors with the Government Accountability Office consider the Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Courthouse a poster child for federal mismanagement.

A report from the GAO states that the downtown St. Louis courthouse was overbuilt by 400,000 square feet, KSDK reports. The wasted space cost taxpayers an additional $88 million during construction and costs almost $3 million a year to maintain the extra space, according to the report. At 557 feet, the courthouse is the tallest in the country.

The General Services Administration, the agency responsible for building courthouses, responded to the GAO report saying that the Eagleton building is 96 percent occupied.